One-minute interview: The Yes Men

We want to make the point that if you let corporations do what they want, the world will go to hell in a hand basket. We advocate that citizens be able to decide their own futures rather than let big corporations do it.

How do you feel about reactions to pranks like the one in which you unveiled an industry standard for determining how many deaths are acceptable when achieving large profits?

It’s a continual surprise. There’s lots of research showing that, under certain conditions, when people are given a message by someone in authority they absorb it and …